Blast Locations
Makati gas station Bus plying EDSA NAIA cargo terminal Blumentritt LRT station Locations of places that were bombed.Five locations were bombed almost simultaneously within the span of an hour. All of the locations were situated within the Metro Manila area on the Philippine island of Luzon.
- A bomb exploded at Plaza Ferguson in Malate, Manila. This particular blast site is located less than a hundred meters from the United States Embassy.
- Another bomb detonated at a gasoline station in the Makati central business district. The target was a gasoline station along EDSA, across the street from the Dusit Hotel in Makati. Two policemen, members of the local bomb squad, died as a result of this explosion.
- The cargo handling area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was also targeted with at least one explosive device.
- Another explosive device was detonated inside a bus traveling along the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The bomb exploded while the bus was en-route in the Cubao area of Quezon City. One passenger was killed while several others were injured.
- The explosion that claimed the most casualties occurred in a train cab at the Blumentritt station of the Metro Manila Light Rail Transit.
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